Essentials app can easily become your favorite and irreplaceable shortcuts pad. Just press hotkey (default is Ctrl + space, but you can customize it in preferences) and Essentials will appear where ever your mouse cursor is (or not, if you choose so in preferences).

You can use it to:

quickly launch applications

access assorted folders, documents and files of any kind

act as clipboard or "dropbox" for your e-mail messages and text clippings

make YOUR OWN simple Terminal commands/scripts (that can act as droplets too! :) ...now which app can do that! :D)

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Essentials app can easily become your favorite and irreplaceable shortcuts pad. Just press hotkey (default is Ctrl + space, but you can customize it in preferences) and Essentials will appear where ever your mouse cursor is (or not, if you choose so in preferences).

You can use it to:

quickly launch applications

access assorted folders, documents and files of any kind

act as clipboard or "dropbox" for your e-mail messages and text clippings

make YOUR OWN simple Terminal commands/scripts (that can act as droplets too! :) ...now which app can do that! :D)

Customize it!

resize groups by holding Command key (⌘) and scroll up or down (or pinch it on trackpad)

resize items icons (⌘+scroll) and their titles (⌘+⌥+scroll)

hope this feature makes you say "sweet!"

group your favorite items in any way you like

reorder groups and items by holding Command key and dragging groups/items to desired position

mark items AND groups with colors from pop-up menu

you can finally make your dock look fancy by not overloading it with so many icons

Essentials is simply essential because:

you can keep your favorite/frequently used items really accessible and nearby